Hi! I’m Andy, the head trainer at Krag Dog and I’m so glad you found me <3

I first fell in love with working with dogs doing 4H with my reactive childhood German Shorthair, Sandy at 11 years old. I showed him in country fair and AKC trials for 6 years and together, we hiked the hills of my local state park in the backwoods of Maryland.

Fast forward to 2018, and I found myself dog-less for the first time in my life and volunteering in rescues and shelters to fill the void my brown-eyed boy left. I threw myself tirelessly into walking and caring for dogs at the Montgomery County ASPCA, Lucky Dog Rescue in DC… where I stumbled upon my soul dog. A sweet, lanky little spitfire. A Doberman Pitt they named “Mercedes” (yes like the sports car). I named her Keena meaning “little fire” in Irish Gaelic.

All trainers have the dog who changed their life. That was Keena. After working through her behavior issues and reactivity, I knew I wanted to open up the world for other people and their dogs. To help them not feel so alone and isolated the way I did.

It took me a few years, and the psycho move of also adopting a rescue German Shepherd from Texas while still living in the city (whups haha), but I acted. I left the behavior team at The Baltimore Animal Care & Shelter Facility and my local pack walk community behind, packed my bags and moved to Colorado.

2 months after arriving in Denver, I lost my job. And after a lot of soul searching, the idea for Krag Dog was born.